"I don't understand it": the search for emotional meaning and personal coherence in the face of a traumatic loss during childhoo
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https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v13i49.557Keywords:
experiental psychotherapy, emotional differentiation, reflexive meaning-making, narratives, emotional distress, unfinished businessAbstract
The narrative organization of distressing emotional responses and states facilitates a reflexive processing of emotional memories which can then be explored from different relational vantage points or perspectives. In particular, it appears that shifts to internal (emotional differentiation) and reflexive (meaning-making) modes are key to the emergence of new, more satisfying and coherent ways of understanding old stories. Greenberg (2002) has argued that effective Process Experiential therapists operate as emotion coaches for their clients. On the basis of the current analysis, it would appear that the therapist shifts to both emotional differentiation and reflexive meaning-making are essential for productive therapy.
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